76K Inmates May Be Released Early for Good Behavior

On May 4, 2021, Republican gubernatorial candidate John Cox spoke at a campaign event in Sacramento. At the event, he said that citizens “don't want to live in fear of fires, or live in fear of rising crime. I mean, [Newsom] just let 76,000 inmates out of jail with almost no warning.”

Discussion of the claim soon took off on social media.